Welcome!  This website is full of information on the mental illness known as schizophrenia. This site holds useful information about the many symptoms, causes, treatments, theories, and views on schizophrenia.   Schizophrenia is a life long psychotic illness which usually strikes during young adulthood. There is no test to determine schizophrenia and one person rarely exhibits all symptoms. Before a diagnosis can be made acute symptoms should be consistent for one month and continuous signs should be persist for at least six months. 15 to 25 percent of people with with schizophrenia have a family member with schizophrenia. Family members of schizophrenics are also more likely to have other illnesses such as: schizoaffective, schizotypal, schiziod and paranoid personality disorder.